diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_content.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_content.jsx
index 1531e071ca..edaee1756d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_content.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_content.jsx
@@ -97,11 +97,12 @@ const StatusContent = React.createClass({
     const { status } = this.props;
     const { hidden } = this.state;
 
-
     const content = { __html: emojify(status.get('content')) };
     const spoilerContent = { __html: emojify(escapeTextContentForBrowser(status.get('spoiler_text', ''))) };
 
     if (status.get('spoiler_text').length > 0) {
+      let mentionsPlaceholder = '';
+
       const mentionLinks = status.get('mentions').map(item => (
         <Permalink to={`/accounts/${item.get('id')}`} href={item.get('url')} key={item.get('id')} className='mention'>
           @<span>{item.get('username')}</span>
@@ -110,13 +111,18 @@ const StatusContent = React.createClass({
 
       const toggleText = hidden ? <FormattedMessage id='status.show_more' defaultMessage='Show more' /> : <FormattedMessage id='status.show_less' defaultMessage='Show less' />;
 
+      if (hidden) {
+        mentionsPlaceholder = <div>{mentionLinks}</div>;
+      }
+
       return (
         <div className='status__content' style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }} onMouseDown={this.handleMouseDown} onMouseUp={this.handleMouseUp}>
-          <p style={{ marginBottom: hidden ? '0px' : '' }} >
-            {mentionLinks}
+          <p style={{ marginBottom: hidden && mentionLinks.size === 0 ? '0px' : '' }} >
             <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={spoilerContent} />  <a className='status__content__spoiler-link' style={spoilerStyle} onClick={this.handleSpoilerClick}>{toggleText}</a>
           </p>
 
+          {mentionsPlaceholder}
+
           <div style={{ display: hidden ? 'none' : 'block' }} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={content} />
         </div>
       );
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/column.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/column.jsx
index b33383428d..2eafe5a8fb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/column.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/column.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import ColumnHeader from './column_header';
 import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import { DragSource } from 'react-dnd';
 
 const easingOutQuint = (x, t, b, c, d) => c*((t=t/d-1)*t*t*t*t + 1) + b;
 
@@ -37,22 +36,9 @@ const style = {
   flexDirection: 'column'
 };
 
-const columnSource = {
-  beginDrag (props) {
-    return {};
-  }
-};
-
-const collect = (connect, monitor) => ({
-  connectDragSource: connect.dragSource(),
-  isDragging: monitor.isDragging()
-});
-
 const Column = React.createClass({
 
   propTypes: {
-    connectDragSource: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    isDragging: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     heading: React.PropTypes.string,
     icon: React.PropTypes.string,
     children: React.PropTypes.node
@@ -72,7 +58,7 @@ const Column = React.createClass({
   },
 
   render () {
-    const { heading, icon, children, connectDragSource, isDragging } = this.props;
+    const { heading, icon, children } = this.props;
 
     let header = '';
 
@@ -80,8 +66,8 @@ const Column = React.createClass({
       header = <ColumnHeader icon={icon} type={heading} onClick={this.handleHeaderClick} />;
     }
 
-    return connectDragSource(
-      <div className='column' style={{...style, opacity: isDragging ? '0.5' : '1' }} onWheel={this.handleWheel}>
+    return (
+      <div className='column' style={style} onWheel={this.handleWheel}>
         {header}
         {children}
       </div>
@@ -90,4 +76,4 @@ const Column = React.createClass({
 
 });
 
-export default DragSource('column', columnSource, collect)(Column);
+export default Column;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx
index de0c054baf..da44434b12 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import { debounce } from 'react-decoration';
 import { uploadCompose } from '../../actions/compose';
 import { refreshTimeline } from '../../actions/timelines';
 import { refreshNotifications } from '../../actions/notifications';
-import { DragDropContext } from 'react-dnd';
-import HTML5Backend from 'react-dnd-html5-backend';
 
 const UI = React.createClass({
 
@@ -105,4 +103,4 @@ const UI = React.createClass({
 
 });
 
-export default connect()(DragDropContext(HTML5Backend)(UI));
+export default connect()(UI);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7cac10a8e2..def42f5960 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
     "react-addons-test-utils": "^15.3.2",
     "react-autosuggest": "^7.0.1",
     "react-decoration": "^1.4.0",
-    "react-dnd": "^2.1.4",
-    "react-dnd-html5-backend": "^2.1.2",
     "react-dom": "^15.3.0",
     "react-imageloader": "^2.1.0",
     "react-immutable-proptypes": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4b33b503f1..8038411fef 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ arrify@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/arrify/-/arrify-1.0.1.tgz#898508da2226f380df904728456849c1501a4b0d"
 
-asap@^2.0.3, asap@~2.0.3:
+asap@~2.0.3:
   version "2.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/asap/-/asap-2.0.5.tgz#522765b50c3510490e52d7dcfe085ef9ba96958f"
 
@@ -2098,19 +2098,6 @@ diffie-hellman@^5.0.0:
     miller-rabin "^4.0.0"
     randombytes "^2.0.0"
 
-disposables@^1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/disposables/-/disposables-1.0.1.tgz#064727a25b54f502bd82b89aa2dfb8df9f1b39e3"
-
-dnd-core@^2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dnd-core/-/dnd-core-2.0.2.tgz#4528da4fbeb1abb6c308414b2d2e8389f3514646"
-  dependencies:
-    asap "^2.0.3"
-    invariant "^2.0.0"
-    lodash "^4.2.0"
-    redux "^3.2.0"
-
 dom-helpers@^2.4.0:
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dom-helpers/-/dom-helpers-2.4.0.tgz#9bb4b245f637367b1fa670274272aa28fe06c367"
@@ -2951,7 +2938,7 @@ intl-relativeformat@^1.3.0:
   dependencies:
     intl-messageformat "1.3.0"
 
-invariant@2.x.x, invariant@^2.0.0, invariant@^2.1.0, invariant@^2.1.1, invariant@^2.2.0, invariant@^2.2.1:
+invariant@2.x.x, invariant@^2.0.0, invariant@^2.1.1, invariant@^2.2.0, invariant@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/invariant/-/invariant-2.2.2.tgz#9e1f56ac0acdb6bf303306f338be3b204ae60360"
   dependencies:
@@ -4594,21 +4581,6 @@ react-deep-force-update@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-deep-force-update/-/react-deep-force-update-1.0.1.tgz#f911b5be1d2a6fe387507dd6e9a767aa2924b4c7"
 
-react-dnd-html5-backend@^2.1.2:
-  version "2.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dnd-html5-backend/-/react-dnd-html5-backend-2.1.2.tgz#bcff5866629c335b310b1062fe6537af35073c66"
-  dependencies:
-    lodash "^4.2.0"
-
-react-dnd@^2.1.4:
-  version "2.1.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dnd/-/react-dnd-2.1.4.tgz#dd2afeddddd5ff4507d795a5bd44361c84374c0f"
-  dependencies:
-    disposables "^1.0.1"
-    dnd-core "^2.0.1"
-    invariant "^2.1.0"
-    lodash "^4.2.0"
-
 "react-dom@^0.14.0 || ^15.0.0", react-dom@^15.3.0:
   version "15.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-15.3.2.tgz#c46b0aa5380d7b838e7a59c4a7beff2ed315531f"
@@ -4900,7 +4872,7 @@ redux-thunk@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redux-thunk/-/redux-thunk-2.1.0.tgz#c724bfee75dbe352da2e3ba9bc14302badd89a98"
 
-redux@^3.2.0, redux@^3.5.2, redux@^3.6.0:
+redux@^3.5.2, redux@^3.6.0:
   version "3.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redux/-/redux-3.6.0.tgz#887c2b3d0b9bd86eca2be70571c27654c19e188d"
   dependencies: